Chrysler LLC will introduce a wide array of new and innovative technologies, all designed to enhance the customer experience, the company recently announced at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress.

• Customer benefits: improved fuel economy, performance, flexibility and convenience

• In-vehicle wireless Internet connectivity: coming from Mopar by year end

• Rear Cross Path: Chrysler-exclusive system warns drivers of approaching traffic in the parking lot aisle during back-up maneuvers

• Blind Spot Monitoring: exclusive to Chrysler and Dodge in minivan segment

• Active transfer case combined with front-axle disconnect: independent technologies offered together only by Chrysler

• Rear-seat swivel screen : yet another Chrysler exclusive

• Enhanced voice-activated in-vehicle communications system

Chrysler’s product development team has also created a Knowledge-Based Engineering system to speed vehicle development time.

Using the company’s proprietary software, engineering data and knowledge, engineers were able to develop the all-new Dodge Challenger in just 21 months, chopping several months off the normal vehicle development time.

The Knowledge Based Engineering process is now in widespread use at Chrysler, with a goal of speeding development time on all future Chrysler vehicles.